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Definition of Fringed orchid
1. Noun. Any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Habenaria, Habenaria
Specialized synonyms: Habenaria Albiflora, White Fringed Orchid, White Fringed Orchis, Habenaria Fimbriata, Purple-fringed Orchid, Purple-fringed Orchis, Habenaria Hookeri, Hooker's Orchid, Green Fringed Orchis, Habenaria Lacera, Ragged Orchid, Ragged Orchis, Ragged-fringed Orchid, Habenaria Leucophaea, Prairie Orchid, Prairie White-fringed Orchis, Habenaria Nivea, Snowy Orchid, Habenaria Peramoena, Purple Fringeless Orchid, Purple Fringeless Orchis, Habenaria Psycodes, Purple-fringed Orchid, Purple-fringed Orchis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fringed Orchid
Literary usage of Fringed orchid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"In search of the white-fringed orchid. II. D. Bailey. 11. Country Life. 26: 60-1.
Ag. '14. Orchid with explosive flowers. Scl. Am. S. 77: 368. Je. 6, '14. ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Large purple fringed-orchid Herbaceous perennial Rich woods, thickets and meadows.
... G.Don Ragged fringed-orchid Herbaceous perennial Open woods, ..."
3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"Have tried the following: pink lady's slipper, ragged fringed orchid, purple
fringed orchid, calopogon, adder's mouth or rose pogonia, and arethusa. ..."
4. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"R. Br. Greenish-white Ragged fringed orchid, Ragged Orchid, June-August Green
fringed orchid. Habenaria: for derivation see ..."
5. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"Purple fringed orchid. Cool mountain woods and meadows ; occasional. A form with
white, ... Purple fringed orchid. Wet meadows and bogs ; frequent. ..."
6. Everyday Adventures by Samuel Scoville (1920)
"He who has never seen either the large or the small purple fringed orchid growing
in the June or July meadows, or the flaming yellow fringed orchid all ..."
7. Blossom Hosts and Insect Guests: How the Heath Family, the Bluets, the by William Hamilton Gibson (1901)
"If, in visiting the purple-fringed orchid, the butterfly should approach directly
in front of the flower, ..."
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